BioenergyBioenergy

Description

Bioenergy is a common priority of smart specialisation for several regions across EU. Accordingly, in 2016 the smart specialisation platform on energy has supported the creation of an interregional partnership for bioenergy and smart specialisation which is currently working in four priority areas: biofuels, biomass, biogas and knowledge transfer.

This bioenergy partnership is led by the regions of Lapland (FI) and Castilla y Leon (ES) and engages the participation of other 14 regions committed to being frontrunners in developing forest-based as well as non-food agriculture-based bioenergy as the basis for sustainable regional growth. In line with the EU goals, bio-energy represents about two-thirds of the renewable energy production in the European Union and is one of the main energy sources contributing to fulfil the 20% objective with renewables for 2020.

With this interregional partnership initiative, participant regions are already meeting and expect to develop common ground for cooperation through the common elaboration of steps such as mapping, pilot activities and joint investments based on decentralized renewable solutions (e.g. wood chip or biogas CHP plants) second generation biofuels, produced mainly from lignocellulose biomass, residues or waste.